• October 2025 Monthly Dividend of $0.12 Per Share of Common Stock
• Estimated Book Value Per Share as of September 30, 2025 of $7.33
• Estimated GAAP net income of $0.53 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, including an estimated $0.37 per share of net realized and unrealized gains on RMBS and derivative instruments
• Estimated 6.6% total return on equity for the quarter ended September 30, 2025
• Estimated book value, net income and total return on equity amounts are preliminary, subject to change, and subject to review by the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
• RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of September 30, 2025
• Next Dividend Announcement Expected November 12, 2025

VERO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of October 2025. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid November 26, 2025 to holders of record of the Company's common stock on October 31, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of October 31, 2025. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on November 12, 2025.

The Company intends to make regular monthly cash distributions to its holders of common stock. In order to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), the Company must distribute annually to its stockholders an amount at least equal to 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. The Company will be subject to income tax on taxable income that is not distributed and to an excise tax to the extent that a certain percentage of its taxable income is not distributed by specified dates. The Company has not established a minimum distribution payment level and is not assured of its ability to make distributions to stockholders in the future.

As of October 15, 2025, the Company has 151,711,940 shares of common stock outstanding. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had 148,239,401 shares of common stock outstanding. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had 126,566,926 shares of common stock outstanding.